Finance 4 Development

About

Join our one-week summer school, “Finance 4 Development”, and delve into financial instruments that drive global sustainable development. Discover how funding for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is structured, examining both its strengths and limitations. You will learn about the gaps and challenges in designing and implementing these mechanisms. Gain unique insights through our unique approach, combining macroeconomic and political economy perspectives for a comprehensive understanding.

This summer school takes place at the same venue and time of the EADI conference “Shaping Sustainable Futures: global challenges, glocal solutions”. Participants of the summer school thus have access to all activities that take place during the conference.

Course leader

Nadia Molenaers

Target group

This summer school is for professionals working in the field of development cooperation, and for PhD students and Master students (in their last year), with a background in economics, political science, development studies or sociology

Course aim

Students are able to apply insights from political science and economics to critically assess discourses and practice in the field of (global) development finance.​
​​​Students can explain the evolution, the role, the achievements, constraints and challenges of the different global financial instruments to finance the supply of (global) public goods.​​
​​​Students can explain the economic, financial and political implications of the use of certain financial instruments for recipient countries.​​
​​​​Students are able to take part in the ongoing debate on the role of financial instruments in development, including its successes and failures.​​​
Students can produce a written advanced analysis of the topic they selected for further study, applying the insights taught in the summerschool.

Fee info

The tuition fee includes course materials, coffee and tea, registration conference EADI/IOB, lunch, reception, social activities. It does not include travel and accommodation.